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• Board Retreat

  • When
    06/18/2025
  •  
    11:30 AM - 5:30 PM
  • Location
    UBS Financial 1217 Woodward Ave #1201 Detroit

  Location: UBS Financial, 1217 Woodward Ave #1201, Detroit

  For more information, contact Tracey Cooley at tcooley@detroitlawyer.org.

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• Lunch & Learn Volunteer Training Session #29

  • When
    06/24/2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Virtual Zoom Presentation

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  Session #29: 
  The Joseph Project

  June 24, 2025
  

  12 – 1 p.m. 
  Virtual Zoom Presentation 
  Free – online Zoom 

  Join the Detroit Bar Association and The Joseph Project on Tuesday June 24th from 12:00-1:00pm to learn about pro bono/low bono opportunities to assist survivors of human trafficking in the metro-Detroit area. This webinar discussion will focus on identifying forms of human trafficking, common legal needs survivors face and ways the legal profession can aid survivors by utilizing a trauma informed approach to legal representation.
  

  Presenter:

  • Amanda Paletz, Outreach Coordinator, The Joseph Project

  Moderator:

  • John Sier, Chair, Detroit Bar Foundation Access to Justice Committee
    

  Attend and receive a Certificate of Completion. Approved for State Bar of Michigan Pro Bono Honor Roll hours. Training hours can be put toward the Detroit Bar Pro Bono award with recognition at the annual Archer Award Gala in November. For full details, please visit https://www.detroitlawyer.org/probonoaward/

  For questions, contact Sheena Law-Killinger at slawkillinger@detroitlawyer.org.
  

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  DETROIT BAR PRO BONO/ACCESS TO
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• 2025 Summer Breeze

  • When
    07/16/2025
  •  
    5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    Supergeil Detroit, 2442 Michigan Ave, Detroit, MI 48216

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  July 16, 2025, 5:30-8:30 p.m.
  

  Supergeil Detroit
  2442 Michigan Ave, Detroit, MI 48216

  It’s time for the 36th Annual Barristers' Summer Breeze and Law Clerk Party! This year’s Summer Breeze will be held at Supergeil Detroit, where guests can enjoy networking with members of the judiciary and other legal professionals. Summer Breeze is an ideal opportunity for new attorneys, summer associates and law clerks to meet and mingle with various members of the legal community in a relaxed and informal setting.

  The Summer Breeze also provides the perfect opportunity to recognize the outstanding accomplishments of some of our best and brightest young attorneys who have, in the early stages of their career, demonstrated great potential as future leaders of the legal community.

  Click here to view the award categories and to nominate an outstanding young Lawyer!
  

  Registration: $45 Detroit Bar Members; $65 for non-members and includes appetizers. There will also be a cash bar available. Free admission for Detroit Bar Law Student Members and Members of the Judiciary. We look forward to seeing you on July 16th!
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• Professionalism and Civility: A Better Way to Practice

  • When
    07/25/2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Online Zoom

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  Professionalism and Civility:
  A Better Way to Practice

  Friday, July 25, 2025
  

  12-1 p.m.
  Zoom Platform
  Complimentary for Detroit Bar Members

  Have you ever had a bad day and lashed out at a colleague? Or, maybe more unsettling, have you ever been on the receiving end of your opposing counsel’s or a judge’s bad day?  Or, have you seen the calculated use of incivility as a strategy?  These day-to-day issues, especially in the contentious world of litigation, can cause unnecessary conflict, unnecessarily expend resources, and hurt reputations.  Our goal is to identify the causes of incivility and  unprofessionalism, how to respond, and to promote professionalism and civility for the Bar and Bench.  Join us and bring your experiences and perspectives!

  PRESENTERS:

  Fran Rosinski focuses on the defense of attorney and judge grievance matters, bar admission/character and fitness matters, risk management consulting and ethics expertise. Before starting her solo firm in June 2023, she was assistant general counsel at Clark Hill, PLC, where she handled ethics and conflict issues for the firm. Ms. Rosinski previously was senior associate counsel at the Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission for 20 years where she was responsible for investigating and prosecuting allegations of misconduct. She is a member of the Michigan State Bar and admitted to practice in the U.S. District Courts of Michigan. Ms. Rosinski is also a member of the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers and the Detroit Bar Association and is a SCAO-trained facilitative mediator. As a previous member of the National Organization of Bar Counsel, she was awarded a Special Service Recognition in 2017.

  Tim Lessing is a career Litigator specializing in Trial. His career includes a broad spectrum of roles including time as a Judicial Clerk, Defense Trial Attorney, and managing a busy Plaintiff firm as its principal member. In 2017, he semi-retired from trial work to focus on his current practice as a Facilitator/Arbitrator with Lessing Legal, PLLC. He currently serves on the Executive Board for the State Bar of Michigan’s newly minted Special Standing Committee on Professionalism & Civility and serves as the Chair of its Speakers Subcommittee. He is an inducted member of the prestigious American Board of Trial Attorneys (ABOTA), perennially recognized as a “Super Lawyer”, as well as being Martindale Hubble AV-rated in both Attorney Peer Reviews and Judicial Reviews. He is Avvo “Superb” (10.0 rating) and repeatedly recognized as a Top Trial Lawyer by the National Trial Lawyers, American Society of Legal Advocates, and Litigation Counsel of America. He is a frequent lecturer in various areas such as Professionalism, Civility, and Trial/Litigation matters. He is also a proud father, Master Scuba Instructor, and Pilot.

  Members: Free
  Non-Members: $15

  Please reach out to slawkillinger@detroitlawyer.org with questions or for assistance.

  
  

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• 2025 Detroit Bar Association Golf Outing

  • When
    09/08/2025
  •  
    8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Glen Oaks Golf Club

  SAVE THE DATE: 
  September 8, 2025

  Glen Oaks Golf Club
   30500 13 Mile Rd.
  Farmington Hills, MI 48334

  For more information contact:
  

  Darlene Trudell
  dtrudell@detroitlawyer.org 
  248 408-6919

  Thank you to the 2024 sponsors:

  Presenting Sponsor:

  
  

  Prize Sponsor:

  Hon. Timothy M. Kenny, Retired Chief Judge

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  Hole Sponsors:

  
  Above the Bar Marketing
  Berri Azakir, PLLC
  Bush Seyferth 
  Colovos Law Firm
  Dickinson Wright
  Flood Law
  Fortz Legal
   FosterSwift
  Goldberg, Persky & White P.C. - Michigan’s Mesothelioma Lawyers
  Hickey, Hauck, Bishoff, Jeffers & Seabolt PLLC
  Kitch
  Law Offices of Cynthia Diane Stephens
  Lehman Law Firm PLLC
  Lingual Interpretation Services
  The Miller Law Firm
  Miller Tischler
  Records Deposition Service (2)
  Rehmann
  Remerica United Realty
  Schenk & Breutsch
  Slater Seibert
  Whitlock

  
  

  $5,000 Auctioned Portrait (Starting bid $110):
  

  
  

  Classic Portrait Source 

  
  

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• Joint DBA/DBAF Board Meeting

  • Start
    09/17/2025
  •  
  • End
    05/20/2026
  • Schedule
    8 sessions
  • Location
    Alternating Zoom and in Person (see list)

  Locations are as follows: 

  • June 12, 2025 – Annual Dinner
  • September 17, 2025 – In person (at Dickinson Wright, 500 Woodward 40th Floor Suite 40000, Detroit)
  • October 15, 2025 – Zoom
  • November 19, 2025 – In person (at Miller Canfield)
  • January 21, 2026 – Zoom
  • February 18, 2026 – In person
  • March 18, 2026 – Zoom
  • April 15, 2026 – In person
  • May 20, 2026 – Zoom

  (No meetings in July, August, or December)
  

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• 2025 Legal Scholars Call for Submissions

  • When
    10/15/2025

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  The deadline for submission is October 15, 2025. A submission fee of $25.00 US payable electronically is required to begin the evaluation process. By way of providing a submission, the author(s) agree that Detroit Bar in its sole discretion may without restriction or expense reproduce, publish, and use in an electronic or written format any such submission.

  Please visit https://www.detroitlawyer.org/legal-scholars/ for more information.

  For questions, contact Darlene Trudell at dtrudell@detroitlawyer.org.
  

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• 21st Annual Dennis W. Archer Public Service Award Gala

  • When
    11/13/2025
  •  
    5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Detroit Yacht Club

  Join us  at the 21st Annual Dennis W. Archer Public Service Award Gala.

  November 13, 2025
  Detroit Yacht Club
  5:00 – 8:00 pm

  
  

  Archer Award winners all have one thing in common – each is an attorney or jurist who exemplifies the ideal of the law as public service. Proceeds will fund free legal clinics and community outreach programs.

  90% of funds raised are directly allocated to pro-bono legal services, educational and student activities.
  

  For information, please contact Darlene Trudell at 248 408-6919 or dtrudell@detroitlawyer.org.

  2024 SPONSORS

  PLATINUM SPONSORS:

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Board Members of the Detroit Bar 
  

  Association and Foundation

  
  

  DIAMOND SPONSOR:

  
  

  
  

  
  

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  SILVER SPONSORS:
  Bodman PLC
  Brooks Wilkins Sharkey & Turco PLLC
  Butzel
  

  Dickinson-Wright
  Dykema Gossett PLLC

  Fraser Trebilcock
  Hickey Hauck Bishoff Jeffers & Seabolt, PLLC

  Jefferson Law Center
  Jones Day
  Kerr, Russell and Weber, PLC

  Michigan State University College of Law

  Miller Johnson
  University of Detroit Mercy School of Law

  
  

  BRONZE SPONSORS:

  Clark Hill PLC
  Fink Bressack

  Foster Swift Collins & Smith PC
  Howard & Howard
  Law Office of William J. Winters III
  Miller Canfield

  Ogletree Deakins

  Sommers Schwartz

  
  

  BENEFACTORS:
  B. Riley Advisory Services
  Bush Seyferth PLLC
  Mayor Mike Duggan
  Foley & Lardner LLP

  Honigman 
  JAMS Detroit Mediation, Arbitration and ADR Services

  Law Offices of Gerald K. Evelyn / Law Offices of Juan A. Mateo
  Mediation Tribunal Association

  MGM Grand Detroit
  Miller & Tischler, P.C.
  Taft

  Zausmer, P.C.

  
  

  CONTRIBUTORS:
  

  Altior Law, P.C.
  Hon. Annette J. Berry
  Thomas Bishoff
  Brennan Mediation,PLLC
  Raymond Carey
  Clay Law PLC
  Jason Conti
  John Conway
  William Culpepper
  Sarah Cylkowski
  Michael Donnelly
  William D. Gilbride Jr.
  John Gillooly
   Benjamin Glazebrook

  Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP
  Harvey Kruse, P.C.
  J.J. Conway Law
  Mazur & Kittel, PLLC
  Mike Morse Law Firm
  Monaghan, P.C.
  Mary Carmen Munoz LA SED
   Otenwess Law, PLC 

  Eric Poe
  James Rosenfeld

  Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney
  SER Metro-Detroit, Jobs for Progress, Inc.
  Simasko Law 

  Slater Seibert
  Suzanne C. Stanczyk, PLLC
   Devin Sullivan
  Veritext Legal Solutions
   David J. Winter PLC
  William Winters III

  
  

  IN-KIND SPONSOR:
  Detroit Legal News

  
  

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• 2025 Jingle Mingle Holiday Celebration

  • When
    12/08/2025
  •  
    5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    400 Renaissance Center Detroit, MI 48243

  December 8, 2025
  

  5:30-8:30 pm

  Ring in the holiday season with the Detroit Bar Association. Share conversations, memories and laughs with colleagues and friends as everyone looks back at the best of 2025 and forward to 2026. 

  
  

  Contact Sheena Law-Killinger at slawkillinger@detroitlawyer.org.

  
  

  ANNUAL SPONSORS:

  
  

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